Almond mushroom

Agaricus subrufescens

Agaricaceae

A Brazilian button mushroom that smells of almond — food first, immune-glucan folklore second.

Culinary-medicinal Agaricus (also sold as A. blazei). Cultivation is legal.

Parts used: Fruiting body
Traditional notes: Recovery foods · Immune support folklore
Grow · USDA 6b: Warm compost saprophyte A kit, or learn Agaricus compost. Kits are the on-ramp. In work: Jan · Feb · Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct · Nov · Dec
Harvest: While the veil is still mostly intact, like a button.

It wants warmer fruiting than button mushrooms.
The almond smell is the freshness cue.
Do not eat it raw.

Safety

Organ transplant without the team Known Agaricus allergy

Lore

Agaricus subrufescens, the almond-scented Brazilian cousin of the button mushroom. It smells of marzipan when fresh. Japanese and Brazilian farms grow it as himematsutake.

The Herbarium — a teaching catalog, not a clinic. Traditional use is history, not a prescription. USDA 6b dates are a week either way, not a promise. Do not eat, drink, or harvest a plant you cannot name.